The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-28
HERE AND THERE.

| at Santa Cruz, Cal.
Thrty-eight- pound turkeys are common In
southern Kentucky.
A dynamite factory at waulhatchie, Tex,
tuns out ton day
| New York society ladies carry purses In the
shape Of Kittens head
Pudding-eatng contests are popular In Seat
tie, Washington territory.
A dressed hog Weighing 7i2pounds Ia on eI.
hlbltion in Monterey, Cal
In Los Angeles, Cal, servant-girls receive
from SIS to $50 per month.
New Orleans according to recent estimates,
has a population Of 100000.
A New York Italian allowed her child to die
Of diphtheria to save Doctors bill.
| 1t is said that silk ribbon is better light
ming conductor than a rod " metal.
Mrs. Flood, Of Philadelphia, is lO2 years old.
and does most OF her own housework.
Poodles weighing less than ten Pounds are
exempt from taxation In Connecticut.
According to Brooklyn's latest directory
there are 10000 residents OF that city.
Eight Cinnamon Joined the Central Cocgre'
gational church in New York city recently.
Nearly 165 ginhouses were destroyed by fire
in Alabama during the past three months,
The finest collection OF cookbooks in the
world is owned by New York chef dc cuisine
A full-blooded Oregon Indian purchased a
| sewing machine as Christmas present for his
wife.
II is estimated that 5000 900 bales OF cot
ton will constitute the cotton crop Of the south
this year
A turkey stuffed with mushrooms was one
OF the features Of a recent New York din
ner party.
The holiday trade in New York was greater
than ever before known, and is estimated at
IS, 100000.
A remarkable Florida production is gera-
mum that measures thirty-two inches in cir
conference.
Twenty five million feet OF lumber is being
sawed up into ties for railroad company at
Truckee, New.
According TO the report Of the internal reve-
nue. bureau 537 persons in Vermont pay
liquor-dealer's tax.
days ago because he was afraid that q dry
season is impending.
Mosquitoes have made their appearance at
Brownsville, Tex, and the inhabitants are pre-
pairing for a long summer.
"sun parlors," or glass-incloscd piazzas,
where invalids can recuperate, are feature OF
the first-class hotels in Florida.
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estimated at 1900, while 10000 foreigners
visit the city every day to be amused.
The Humane society at Philadelphia keeps
q boat on runners ready TO rescue anyone who
breaks through the ice on the Schuylkill
The editor OF The Ibevile Qa) Democrat
gives his readers their valuable paper in the
form Of half sheet, all he can afford togve, he
says, to people who pay him only half they owe
him.
The following verdict was recently rendered
In Woodland, Cal: 1--WE, the jury, find the
defendants not guilty, with the recommends
ton that they leave town within forty-eight
hours.
Travel on the Brooklyn bridge footpath was
prevented for the third time one day last
week by ice. The Ice which freezes on the
cables and suspenders falls in such quantities
when the weather moderates that walking is
unsafe on the promenade.
Chemists say that sweetness is the only orig
inal and genuine pleasure OF taste. They also
claim that what distinguishes one kind OF sour
nom another Is not the taste, which varies
only In degree OF concentration and intensity,
but the accompanying odor.
A French lawyer asked apeasant2 francs for
a case which he had won for him. THAT is
dear,n said the peasant 1.-TWO francs or moth
ing" said the lawyer. "Ahl nothing suits me
better; good day, much obliged" replied the
peasant, to the surprise OF the lawyer.
The characteristics OF several nations have
been summed up IN the following concise form:
The first thing a Spanard does on founding
colony is to build gdllows; Portuguese, to
build a church; an Englishman, a drinking
booth and Frenchman, dnncing-noor.
woman in Bridgeport Conn. has COM
planned to the police that her Salvation army
husband was making life miserable around
home by too much praying and singing and
assaults upon her and the children, because
they do not believe in his religious methods.
The decline of rine-shooting is attracting
much attention among military men in New
York. Ten years ago thousands assembled at
Creedmoor to witness the international match
es, whilo to-day 1t would be impossible to
gather a corporars guard to watch contest
At Charleston, w. Va. few evenings ago,
Hermann Shope got up for drink OF water
and used glass in which his son had left =
marble. lie was considerably scared as II
rolled down his throat, as he was sure that he
had swallowed a mouse, or a lizard, or q